The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

~.,..' ......1 The Metropolitan Railway Schemes. The re port of the joint committee of both Houses of Parliament appointed to consider the best method of dealinkg with the railway schemes proposed to be sanctioned within the limits of the metropolis states that : " The railway schemes that have been referred for the consideration of the joint-committee are of extraordinary magnitude for so limited an area as the metropolitan railway district, extending over a length of 174 miles in the aggregate, involving the raising a capital of nearly £33,000,000 in shares and of £11,000,000 by loan, creating alarm among the holders of a vast amount of property, and in. terfering, during the construction of the proposed works, with many important public thoroughfares. They include the construction of not less than four new railway bridges across the Thames, two of them of gigantic size below London-bridge. It is stated by the surveyor to the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London that the lands and buildings scheduled in the city of London for the proposed railway schemes comprise about one-fourth of the - entire area of the city. "The committee are of opinion that the:following bills or parts of bills should not be proceeded with during the present session :--Victoria Station and Thames Embankment, Oxford-street and City, London Main Trunk, Underground Metropolitan Grand Union (the portion south of Thames-street), Charing-cross (Northern), Charing-cross (Western), London Union, Metropolitan District (a portion forming the outer circuit), Tottenham and Fare ringdon-street. " The committee recommend that the fees which have been incurred in respect of the said bills be remitted. " The two first named of these lines are proposed to be worked on the pneumatic principle —a prin ciple hitherto untried as applied to railway passen ger carriages, and it seems undesirable that the experiment should first be made in an important public thoroughfare. They are passenger railways, and are intended to relieve the streets of omnibus and cab traffic. The necessity for any such lines has been to some extent lessened, supposing the rail ways forming the inner circuit scheme referred to in a subsequent part of this report be sanctioned. " The London Main Trunk Underground Rail way proposes to provide a more central station for the Great Eastern, an object which is also sought to be accomplished by the Great Eastern itself by the Great Eastern Metropolitan Station and Rail way Bill. The Select Committee of the House of lords on metropolitan railway communication of last Session recommended that the Great Eastern should be allowed to establish a more central sta tion than it has at present. " The portion of the Metropolitan Grand Union south of Thames-street which the committee recom mend should not be proceeded with involves a high level bridge over the river below London-bridge. The connexion between the railways north and south of the river at the end of the metropolis might, it appears to the committee, be better effected by the East London through the Thames Tunnel and the proposed abandonment approved by the pro -moters, and the committee recommend that they should be allowed to amend their estimate, and be permitted to withdraw a portion of their deposit. " Three schemes on this list, the Charingacross (Western), the London Union, and the portions of the metropolitan district railways proposed to be postponed, in addition to other objections, require the construction of bridges across the Thames, one of them being a high level bridge below London bridge. "It is further to be observed with reference to these schemes that railway communication between the lines north and south of the Thames already exists on the "Westminster side of the metropolis by means of the West London and West London ex tensions railways, and another line is in course of construction through the centre of London by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, which when completed will unite their south London system with the Metropolitan Railway at Farringdon street, thereby giving them a communication with the Great Northern line, and thus of necessity con necting the Charing-cross and South Eastern Rail ways at Charing-cross with any of the main lines to the north, as proposed by any of the last-men tioned schemes is not urgent. "The Tottenham and Farringdon-street Railway, by which it is proposed to connect the Cambridge line of the Great E astern with the station at Far ringdon-street is open to the same objection urged against the Charing -cross (Northern), and the Tottenham and Hampstead (extension to Charing cross) iu that it tends to create a great central station, inasmuch as the Great Northern, the Mid land, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way, are already brought in direct station commu nication with the Metropolitan Railway at Far ringdon-street. As the Great Eastern Railway is another scheme for an approved station, which the committee recommend should proceed, it appears desirable that this bill should be postponed, at all events until it can be known by experience whether any inconvenient amount of traffic will be concen trated at Farringdon-street by the lines already to meet there. " The estimated capital required for the construe.- tion of the scheines above proposed to be postponed amounts to £18,500,000 in the aggregate, exclusive of what was proposed to be raised by loan for the purpose of the undertaking. The remainder of the sum of estimated expenditure above referred to may be expected to be reduced by the rejection of some of the schemes allowed to proceed. " Without expressing any opinion as to the merits of the following bills, the committee recommend that they should be proceeded with in the ordireery course, being only improvements of existing lines or works connecting links of a very limited extent, for enlargement oV e stations in no way conflicting with any comprehensive system of metropolitan railways —viz., Great Northern and Victoria Station, Lon don and Blackwell (Extension) ; London, Brighton, and South Coast (new lines in Battersea) ; Great Northern (No. 1, Barnet branch) ; London and North Western (additional powers): London and South Western (additional works) ; North London (additional powers); London, Chatham, and Dov er (No. 2) ; Great Eastern (junctions, except junction No. 3); ;Midland and St. Pancras branch; Metro politan (additional powers). "The committee also recommended that the Me tropolitan and St. John's Wood should be allowed to proceed, as it is a line that passes through a not very populous but increasing district without inter fering with much prop er ty, and in no way compet ing with any other sch eme. The committee might here remark that it is proposed to be constructed as a single line only. "The committee also recommend that the Ham mersmith, Midland, and North Western, and Cha ring-cross Junction shall be allowed to proceed. This scheme is in some degree open to an objection already referred to, that it tends to create a central station at Charing-cross. It, however, proposes an addition to the railway, which is to be constructed wholly in tunnel, to form three new streets, one of them of a very important character, in continuation of Tottenham-court-road from Oxford-street, in a direct line to St. Martin's-lane, near Aldridge's Re pository, and from thence to the Thames Embank ment, near Charing-cross Railway Station. This new thoroughfare would be a substitute for the pre sent objectionable road through Seven-dials and High-street, St. Giles, and be a great public im provement. The combination of new streets in crowded parts of the metropolis, with the construc tion of new railways, was recommended in the re port of the Lords' Committee last session. The com mittee are of opinion that if the select committee to which the bill for these schemes may be referred should see fit to sanction the scheme they should do only on condition that the new streets above referr e d to should be constructed cotemporaneonsly with the ra i lway, and that provision should be made in , the bill f or insuring its completion. , The committee concur in the opinion expressed by the select c ommittee of the House of Lords on metropolitan railway communication last session in their third rep ort, that , with a view to the distri bution of passenger traffic arriving by the main lines of railway coming within the metropolis, and also the relieving the crowded streets by the ab- sorption of a large portion of the omnibus and cab traffic, the completion of the inner circuit of rail. ways is desirable. "It was estimated by the evidence t efore the committee that great additional accommodation, especially for the labouring classes, is daily becoming more necessary, while there is no prospect of the present ordinary means of conveyance being at all adequate to future wants, and they are of opinion that the following schemes which contribute towards the formation of such a circuit may pro perly be proceeded with. " Metropolitan District Railways (the portion forming the inner cir cu it 32, 33, 34, and junctions 7,8, and 9). " Metropolitan Railway (Trinity-square, Exton. sion). " Metropolitan Railway (Notting-hill and Brampton Extension). " Metropolitan Grand Union (portion north of the Thames). " The committee are also of opinion that the following schemes—viz., the East London, Great Eastern (Metropolitan stations and railways), Great Eastern (junction No. 8), North London (Kingsland and Tottenham line), Walthamstow, Clapton, and City may be properly proceeded with, and as these schemes more or less enter into com munication, or compete or conflict in levels with the schemes above referred to, as designed to form the inner circuit, and with each other, the committee are of opinion that all the above schemes may with advantage be grouped together, and be referred to the same select committee. "In making these recommendations the committee are of opinion that the greatest accommodation to the public will not be secured by treating the two schemes which pursue almost the same line from Kensington to Brompton to the City merely as com peting schemes, one of which is to be preferred to the exclusion of the other. The committee are of opinion that the promoters of these schemes should be recommended to communicate together and with the surveyors of the City and Metropolitan Board of - Works, and devise the most perfect line which their several plans will admit of. By a relaxation of the standing orders such revised plan may be embodied in one Bill. The Metropolitan Railway (Trinity-square Extension) and the Western branches of the East London Railway should also be part of the proposed consultation. By such a course much useless expenditure would be saved, and the interests of the Metropolis far better secured than by taking the chance of selection of one among the competing lines. " The committee observe with regret that two of the schemes which they have recommended should be allowed to proceed pass through Finsbury•aircus in open cutting. They are, however, informed that the promoters of both are willing to substitute a covered way for the open cutting. In the event of the select committee finding it desirable to adopt either of those lines in preference to those which do not interfere with the Circus, the committee recom mend that effectual provision 3'lllll be made by which the time to elapse between the breaking up of any part of the garden and the completion of the works there and the proper restoration of the enclosure shall be as short as possible. " Although the committee have recommended that those portions of the metropolitan district rail ways scheme which are designed to form the outer circuit shall not be proceeded with, they concur with the House of Lords Committee of last Session in thinking an outer circuit desirable, and they are of opinion that this object might be accomplished by uniting the existing railways on the eastern side of the metropolis with one another, and connecting those of them which are situate on the north side of the Thames with the railways on the south side, making use for this purpose of the Thames Tunnel. For this purpose it would be necessary for the East London to be in connection with the North London, the Great Eastern, and London and Blackwall Railways. This combination, taken in connection with the existing lines on the west and south of the metropolis, as suggested by the secretary of the London and North-Western Railway Company in his evidence before the committee, would complete the outer circuit, but it would be further necessary that mutual facilities to be secured by legislative enactment should be afforded by the several com panies for interchange of traffic. " In order to give the public the full extent of the system of intercommunication such as that which has been suggested, it would be desirable that the select committee to whom the metropolitan schemes in question may be referred should require that such modifications may be made in the schemes that may be sanctioned as may be necessary for effecting the proposed combination, and also that a clause should be inserted in the bills of all railway companies having termini within the metropolitan district, for securing a mutual interchange of facilities for working the traffic upon railways in that districts on equitable terms among themselves, and without any undue preference, the terms to be settled in case of difference by the Board of Trade, or an arbitrator to be appointed by that department. A clause should also, they think, be inserted in each of the bills providing that railways having their termini within the metropolis shall be subject to the provisions of any Act to be passed in the present or any future session for the regulation of railways within the metropolis. " The committee are of opinion that some of the prooisions of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1345, require provisions in relation to the metropolitan arrangements, and they recommend the introduction of a bill for that purpose. They desire also to direct attention to a suggestion of Colonel Yolland's report to the Board of Trade as to the expediency of requiring all places for railways within the Metropolitan Railway district being drawn to the same datum line. " The committee are of opinion that in the pre sent session such of the bills proposing to sanction railway communication within the limits of the metropolis as are to be proceeded with should com mence in the House of Commons." The report concludes by stating that a map, showing the existing and proposed railways in the metropolis, accompanies the report, and that the committee have directed the minutes of evidence taken before them, together with the appendix, to be reported. The Death of Colonel Brown, Mr. Shaw, barrister, No. 1, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, came to the Marlborough-street court yesterday, and, ad' dressing Mr. Tyrwhitt, begged to make a short statement with reference to the death of Col, Browne, who died sud denly a few days ago under circumstances which had given rise to misapprehenaiou, and which his family wished to see correctly explained. He (Mr, Shaw) was the nephew of Col. Browne, and, therefore, could vouch for these particu lars. Col. Browne had been spending the day with his (ap plicant's) brother, and had drank nothing whatever, being a remarkably abstemious man. IN hen he left in the even ing the remark was made that the Colonel never appeared in better health. Col. Browne was seized with a sudden at tack of apoplexy while on the top of an omnibus in Picca dilly, and being taken charge of by the police, who were under the impression that ho was intoxicated, be was re moved to the station, where, becoming worse, he was at tended by the divisional surgeon, and ultimately sent home to his lodgings in Regent-street, whore he shortly after wards expired. Ho wished particularly to state that the sup position that Col. Brown was intoxicated was entirely un founded. He did not wish to make any complaint against the police, but he thoughttheyough as h oughaveht torequested, allowed espe cially Col. Brown to have a cab to his lodgings, as a gentleman, now in court, Mr. Jeffk ies, son of the publisher in Soho-square, came up at the time and told the constables that he knew the gentleman. Ho hoped, as the press had given publicity to the case, that this explanation would also be given to the public. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was difficult to discriminate some times between cases of sudden illness and intoxication, and the police acted With proper discretion in taking parties to the station and giving them refuge there. He could hardly think the police were to blame for not putting the gentle man in a cab, although a stranger had crime forward to say he knew him, for it not un',-equently happened that pickpockets seeing well-dressed persons taken suddenly ill came forward with their interested services. He had no doubt the press would attend to the explanation now ten• dered on behalf of the family of the deceased gentleman. ersons who have been in the habit of paying weekly as borrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and Co.'s Sewing Machine Clubs. By so doing they will not only save the money they now foolishly throw away, but at the same time secure to themselves the possession of one of the best and most celebrated sewing machines in the werld. Every in formation given on application ; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, W.C., where meab ra are en rolled daily between 10 and 4; Saturdays, 10 and% Memorandum of Austria and Prussia to the Federal Diet, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, lIAMMERSMIIIi AND CITY. FRANXVORT, Feb. 26. At yesterday's sitting of the Federal Diet the representatives of Austria and Prussia moved that the command of the Federal troops in Holstein The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the London Tavern—Mr. J. Parson in the chair. The retort was taken as read. The CIIIIRMAN said he had taken the chair on that occa • ion at the request of his colleagues, but intended to resign at the conclusion of the business. He then explained the various paragraphs in the report. The permanent working agreement with the Great Western Ccmpany would be for 10 years, and would commence from the opening of the lane in July or August next. The great difficulty in respect of forming the junctions with the Great Western had been to accommodate the suburban traffic without interfering with the long and express traffic on that company's main line. The Hammersmith Company was to pay £25,000 towards the expense of constructing these junctions by the Great Western, and a rental of £6OO a year. He thought it a ju dicious arrangement for both companies. Then there was a difficulty to be overcome in respect to working the trains from the Hammersmith line to the Metropolitan line so that they should be enabled to run without delay at the junction into the heart of the city. The liabilities of the company were estimated at £90,000. The net cost of the land for rail way would be £72,000, the estimated cost of the land by the contractor was £16,500, to be paid for partly in shares and partly in debentures, equivalent to £lO,OOO in cash. The land for the railway had cost £BO,OOO, which was double the estimate. The contractor had paid £15,000 to be relieved from the land portion of his contract, and the company to pay £25,000, including £4,210 for the portion of the Tal bot estate, making together the extra £lO,OOO. The com pany had a bill in Parliament for an extension from Ham mersmith to Richmond. They now proposed to raise £60,000 on preference shares; but Mr. Rummens, who had taken 17,000 out of the 18,000 shares of the capital of the com pany, had power to object to raising money on preference shares before the opening of the line, lest it should damage his interests in any way. Mr. Blake had resigned his seat at the board, and he (the chairman) would also resign. Mr. SURGEY seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it wrs carried. The directors were authorised to consolidate the 18,000 ordinary £lO shares into stock, Mr. G. C. Taylor was elected a director in the room of Mr. Blake, and Mr. G. C. Taylor was elected auditor. should be transferred to the Commander-in Chief of ,he Austro-Prussian forces, and that two civil com- missioners from the great German Powers should be appointed to share in the Government of the Duchy. The motion is to be put to the vote in a week. Its presentation to the Diet was accompanied by the following memorandum " Austria and Prussia—Upon the Ist October of Lest year the high Federal Diet passed the follow- Mg resolution To request the Governments of Saxony and Hanover to furnish to the civil com- missioners a division of troops of about 6,000 men, in proportions to be arranged ; but at the same time to request the Governments of Austria and Prussia, in community with those of Saxony and Hanover, to hold themselves ready to furnish a superior force for the immediate support of the said division in case of actual opposition to the carrying out of the execution.' "In consequence of this resolution, the four Go vernments charged with the execution have con certed together the requisite military measures which have been approved by the high Federal Assembly in its resolution of the ith of December last, which says The above-named Governments shall be made acquainted herewith, through their ambassa dors, and charged with making the necessary com munication to the Danish Government, as also with the execution of the measures in accordance with the military arrangements made by them. " It had been determined in these arrangements that Austria and Prussia should each place a first reserve of 5,000 men upon the Holstein frontier, and that, to admit of their more rapid concentration they should be placed under the orders of the Saxon commander-in-chief of the execution troops. In case, however, of hostilities upon a great scale being brought about by the Danish Government assuming a hostile attitude, and threatening the Duchy of Holstein, the two above-named Governments shall each put at least an army corps in the field, and in that event the chief command over their united forces shall be regulated by arrangement between Austria and Prussia.! The meeting was then made special for the purpose of raising £60,000 by the issue of 5 per cent. preference shares, with a view to pay off the debts of the company ; but as Mr. Rummens, the contractor, objected to give his assent for two months, no resolution on the subject could be adopted. Mr. J. Parson then resigned his seat at the board, and left the chair. A special meeting, convened by a requisition from the shareholders, was then held, and Mr. T. Eyre Foakes, a director, was called to the chair. A long discussion ensued regarding the proceedings in the recent case of " Parson v. Surgey," in which Mr. Parson, Mr. Surgey, Colonel Ward, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Mr. Foakes, and other proprietors, took part, freely expressing their views on the subject of the recent trial as effecting the interests of the company. On the motion of Mr. M. S. TATHAM ; seconded by Mr. "The immediate execution has been carried ou, in Holstein without resistance, so that it has been possible to withdraw from that Duchy the troops which then formed the first reserves, and to allow of their advance into the Duchy of Schleswig with the other detachments of the Austrian and Prussian force. " The subsequent occurrences, which have es- Burned the full character of war made by Denmark through the seizure of German ships by Danish cruisers, threaten the execution troops in Holstein as well as the allied army in Schleswig ; and the former are now only protected against attacks from the north by the occupation of the Duchy of Schleswig by Austrian and Prussian troops. In so much as this circumstance—as recognised by the Saxon nation of the 15th of February last—shows the necessity of a stronger occupation of Holstein, Prussia and Austria, in accordance with the above quoted Federal resolution,are first called upon for this purpose to bring the original execution corps under Lieutenant-General von Haketo its former strength, that is to say. to furnish 5,000 men to the first reserves in Holstein. " Herewith, however, the further contingency foreseen has occurred, namely, that the ' superior force' held in readiness by Austria and Prussia, and actively employed in covering to the northward the position of the execution corps, is now called upon to lend the execution troops that assistance which, according to arrangement, presupposes the common and united disposal of the command-in•chief upon which Austria and Prussia are agreed. " The representatives of Austria and Prussia are instructed to call especial notice to the pressing necessity, even from a purely military point of view, of this unity of the military chief command of the troops stationed in the Duchies of Holstein and Schleswig. Protection against hostile attack, the combination of strategic operations, and the suc cess of offensive and defensive war against the common adversary, can only be secured under a common head. "The Governments of Austria and Prussia be lieve that this meas'ire is based upon the arrange ments approved by the I igh Diet, the presupposi tions of which have already been realised. But they are the more desirous to obtain further approbation of these arrangements by the high Federal Diet, as all errors and misunderstanding., such as have arisen at Altona, will thus be avoided, and all rela tions will be definitively regulated. " They consider it at the same time as self-evident —as has been already expressed in the report of the committee of the 19th September last—that henceforth the Governments of Austria and Prussia shall each nominate a civil commissioner to conduct the administration of the Duchy of Holstein in con cert with the Saxon and Hanoverian commissioners, aid to enter into mutual relations with the admini strative authorities in Schleswig. " Upon the basis of the proceeding, therefore, and hoping to obtain the assent of their Federal allies, the Governments of Austria and Prussia move— " 1. That the high Federal Diet may declare itself in reference to the arrangements between the four Governments cited and approved in the Federal resolution of Dec. 7 last, Article 2, agreed that the chief command of the execution troops in Holstein should pass to the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro Prussian forces. " 2. That the high Federal Diet will bring this resolution to the knowledge of the Governments of Saxony and Hanover through their representatives, and request them to give the necessary orders to their military commanders. " 3. That the high Federal Diet will approve the nomination of two new civil commissioners for Hol stein by Austria and Prussia, and will receive I notice of the said nomination." to A. 0. WILKINSON, the following resolution was adopted : " That the shareholders retain the opinion expressed in the resolution passed at a former meeting, and cannot allow Messrs. Parson and Blake to retire without recording their entire concurrence in the comments of the Lord Chief Justice on the impropriety of directors speculating in land through which their railway is intended to pass." On the motion of Mr. G. SCLATER-BOOTH, M.P., se conded by Mr. T. CURTIS, the following resolution was unanimously passed : " That this meeting desires very cordially to thank Mr. Surgey for his unremitting attention to the interests of the company, and to assure him that in defending on public grounds the action teesntly brought against him, he has rendered essential service not only to this company but to the public at large." It was understood that the directors at their first meeting would elect Colonel Ward to the vacant seat at the board. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Circular Despatch of Prussia upon the Suc cession Question. BERLIN, Feb. 27. The circular despatch forwarded by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Prussian diplomatic agents at the various German Courts, on the 14th inst., has just been published. It relates to the report of the committee of the Federal Diet upon the succession question, and is as follows : " Your excellency must be aware that at the sitting of the Federal Diet on the 11th inst., the majority of the committee upon 11J1stein affairs presented a report upon the succession question, dwelling exclu sively upon the London Treaty of the Bth May, 1852, demanding that the Germanic Diet should acknowledge this treaty to be not binding upon the Confederation, declaring it impossible of execution and rejecting the pretensions of King Christian IX. of Denmark based upon this title. " The Ministers of Prussia and Austria, upon their parts, put forth a vote of the minority, of which a copy is appended. You will see, therefore, that we have not thought it conformable to the position and dignify of the Confederation that it should be occupied with a question which it has in no way at present treated ; that the first part of the report denies the validity of the Treaty of London, which has been affirmed by no one; that the second part expresses an opinion of the impossibility of carrying out the treaty—an opinion which clearly exceeds the limits of its competence ; and that the third part, lastly, rejects pretensions in the name of a title upon which they are not founded. " Your Excellency will be good enough to Ex plain clearly to the Government of these points of view, developed at greater length in the vote, arid do what lies in your power that the represen tative of that Government at the Germanic Diet sholl be furnished, for the vote which is to take place in a fortnight, with instructions agreeing with the said points of view." NOVEL MATCH.-A very curious match has just been made, which will cause an immense deal of interest in sporting circles and lead to a great deal of specu lation. A gallant colonel has laid a noble lord and friends 500 even that they do not cause a letter to be delivered by hand on horseback a distance of 30 miles within the hour. No restriction has been placed on the number of horses or riders to be employed on the occasion, and tho match wil take place at Newmarket either on the Saturday in the Houghton Meeting or on the Monday following. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1864. exceptional. Now, however, as they had got their rolling stock in good condition, they might again hope for improve.. merit. Mr. STIRLING seconded the motion, which was adopted. Mr. LUMBp referring to the projected competing line from Parton to the iron ore field, urged the reduction of the rates with a view to avert the threatened opposition. The CHAIRMAN said it was iaexpediont to entertain the question of a reduction of toll. A dividend at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum for the half-year ending Dec. 31 was declared, and it was rool7ed that the remuneration of the directors bo increased from £lOO to £2OO per annum. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTII LONDON JUNG TION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at the - Victoria Station, Westminster; Sir C, P. Honey in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Johnson, read the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that by the energy of the contractors in carrying on the works, and of the surveyor in obtaining the necessary lands, the progress since August had been considerable. There were two tunnels, the " Crescent Wood" tunnel, 370 yards long, and the " Paxton" tunnel, 410 yards long, and in August last 41 yards had been completed of each of these tunnels, They now had 190 yards finished of the smaller one, and 223 yards of the larger tunnel. Unless some un foreseen accident occurred, both vi ould be completed in about seven months, The heaviest work on the line was the great excavations which had to be made in the immediate vicinity of the company's station at the Crystal Palace. Of 411,000 cubic yards of excavation through the whole line, 200,000 had to be made in this cutting. Of the 411,000 cubic yards of earthwork ; 1,350 yards had been completed. There had been expended on account of property and works during the past six months £339,341, making the total expenditure £177,951. lle concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Sir C. H. Ricu seconded the motion, which was carried !Clll. con. On the motion of Mr. BEES, the retiring directors, Sir C. P. Roney and Sir C. Rich, were re elected, as was also Mr. Banks, the retiring auditor. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. STAINES, WOKINGIIAM, AND WOKING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at the offices in Lincoln's inn-fields ; Mr. J. Garrard in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CltAirtmAN, ire moving the adoption of the report, said that, though the traffic for the past halt .year had re trograded, the traffic for the past year showed a decided in crease, as compared with former years. Some of the schemes before Parliament for railways to their line, if carried out, would act as feeders to it. Mr. WILKIN seconded the motion, which was unani mously adopted; and a dividend at the rate of 1 per cent per annum on the ordinary stock was declared. Ttte retiring directors, Mr. J. Garrard and Mr. It, W Kennard, ware to elected, and also Mr. Prideaux, the re tiring auditor. SEVERN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held en Friday, at the offices, Victoria-street, Westminster; Gen. Forrester in the chair. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. J. Parson, that a dividend on the preference shares be paid at the rate of 41 per cent, per annum, and also that a dividend of 31 per ceat. per annum be paid on the ordinary shares for the half-year ending Dec. 31. Tho retiring directors, M. J. S. Pakington and Mr. Wagstaff, were re-elected, as was also Mr. W, Phillips, the retiring auditor. It was agreed that :MO should bo paid to the directors for services during the year. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Whitehaven on Saturday—Mr W. Miller in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and said that the directors had solid grounds for congratulating the shareholders upon the prosperous state of the undei - taking. The receipts during the past half year exceeded by £5,500 the receipts of the corresponding period of 1862, and its further development had only been checked by the ina dequate supply of rolling stock when the sudden revival of the iron trade took place. Several large items of expendi ture properly belonging to capital account had been charged to revenue, the capital of the company being exhausted, and in addition to this £5OO had been carried to renewal account, and £4,000 to compensation account. The directors recom mended a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. Mr. W. LUMA seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A dividend of 20s. per share, less income. tax, was then declared. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. IVIIITERAVEN AND FURNESS. The half-yearly meeti ng o f this company was held at Whitehaven on Sat ur d ay, Mr. W. M u ll er i n th e c h a i r . The CHAIRMAN, i n moving . the adoption of the report, congratulated the p roprietors upon th e increased receip t during the past h a lf- year, which wou ld h ave b een st ill larg€r if they had sufficient rolling stock to meet the require ments of the traffic. Largo sums had been expended upon that object out of revenue receipts during the past half-year and it would be necessary to raise additional capital to meet their wants. The traffic still continued to increase, and the undertaking was in a most prosperous condition. Mr. Lurie seconded the motion, which was carried. A dividend of I ls per share (less income tax) upon origi nal shares of the company was then declared. Mr. GREEN urged the directors to consider the question of amalgamating the various West Cumberland Railways. Mr. FURNESS said the directors would do everything in their power to promote the interests of the share holders. Mr. J. C. Holt was appointed auditor, and the proceed hogs terminated with the customary votes of thanks. WIIITEHAVEN, CLEATOIt, AND EGRENIONT. The half-yearly meeting was held at Whitehaven on Thursday, Mr. A. B. Steward in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained how it was that the dividend was less than last half-year, although it was still the handsome amount of 12 per cent. When he proposed the payment of the last divi dend, which was at the rate of 10 per cent. and a bonus of 5 per cent., be had cautioned the shareholders that it was CARLISLE AND SELLOTH BAY. The half-yearly statement of accounts showed that the amount expended upon capital account had been £251,382. The general revenue account started the half-year with a debit balance of £1,515. The sum of £BOO had during the past half-year been paid an interest and commission to bankers and others ; while on the other side there was a credit of £916, being the amount of fixed rent received from the North British Company, less income tax, and certain charges. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the officr, Leadenhall-street, Mr. J, Chapman in the chair. The report wL s taken as read. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr. LAMBERT seconded the report. Mr. FENNELL asked how much it would cost to double the 20 miles of line. The SECRETARY said the engineer's estimate was £lOO,OOO or £5,000 per mile. The report was adopted unanimously. The dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. was then declared, and Sir W. Medlycott and Mr. R. Nofman, the retiring directors, and Mr. Butt, the retiring auditor, were re elected. DUTCH RHENISH. The receipts from the commencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, 1863, to the 15th of February, amounted to £182,928, showing an increase as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £13,097 ; and the working expenses to £71,783, or 39.23 per cent. of the receipt. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The directors state in their report that the earnings of the half-year ending December 31 amount to £477,839, and the ordinary working expenses to £275,073, leaving a balance of £202,766 ; out of which £37,037 is deducted for renewals of permanent way, leaving a net balance of £165,729. From this is deducted £13.104, the nominal amount for postal and military service receipts, 120,033 for loss oa American cur rency, £14,367 for interest on certain loans and debentures, £31,992 for rent of Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway, £11,250 for rent of Detroit line, £49,921 for interest on first preference shares, and £24,715 for interest on second pre ference shares, leaving a balance of £532. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The lose on exchange by the conversion of American money received for th© carriage of through traffic from the commencement of the current half-year to February 13 amounted to £44,824, and at that date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 114,385 doll. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday th 3 committees appointed to decide upon the merits of certain new railways met for the first time in the north corridor of the House of Commons. where the attend ance of the public and of the parties interested was un usually large. The first committee, consisting of Mr. G. Hardy (chairman), Sir J. Acton, Sir H. Bruce, and Messrs. Bellew and Walker, had referred for their consideration the following suburban railways : —Edgware, Highgate, and London—Tottenham and Hampstead Junction (A. , exandra pa,ll Extensions)—Hammersmith and City—Hammer smith and Wimbledon—Crystal Palace and South London Junction—Crystal Palace (new railways)—Finchley, Wil lesden, and Acton—Kew, Turnham Green, and Hammer smith—Kingston, Tooting, and London—London and South- Western (Kensington, &c., Extension)—North and South-Western Junction—Tooting, Merton and Wimble don—Watford and Edgware Junction—and Wood-green and Enfield Railway. The committee selected for conside ration the Alexandra-park railways—the Edgware, High gate, and London—and the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction. Mr. benison, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Wilkin son, opened the case for the promoters of the Edgware, Highgate and London at great length. The object was to make an extension from the main line, which would be completed by the end of the year, and which runs from the Great Northern, through Highgate, Finchley, and Hendon, to Edgware. The extension, though only 1 mile 54 chains, was most important, since it would commence at the Great Northern at Hornsey, and connect Alexandra-park and Muswell-hill with the metrapolis. Lord Fermoy, M.P., chairman of the Alexandra-park Company, and Mr. J. Everett gave evidence in favour of both the proposed Alex andra-park lines. They would prefer, however, that they should stop outside the park-gates, and that the line within it should be made by the Park company. Mr. Cawk well, manager of the London and North-Western, and Mr. Fuller, surveyor, were also examined in favour of the Tot tenham line. Mr. Merewether, QC., who appeared for the competing line, the Tottenham and Hampstead (Alexandra Extension), stated that it would be 2 miles and 15 chains from a junction with the company's authorized line, near the north side of the Holloway.road, to Bath-lodge, Mus well-hill ; and that the secon d port i on would be one mile three chains from the last point to a junction with the Great Northern at its Colney-hatch and Southgate station. After some further evidence, the committee adjourned to 12 o'clock this day. The Dwellings of the Poor in Shoreditch, Yesterday an adjourned inquest was resumed by Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for 'Middlesex, at the Blue Last Tavern, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, touching the death of a child named Ellen Kenealey, aged 1 year and 3 months. The evidence in this case disclosed a painful state of things with regard to the habitations of the poorer classes in a part of Shoreditch. The deceased, it may be stated, was one of two children dwelling with their parents, labouring people, at 26, Harris-buildings, Union-gardens, Shoreditch. They were both taken ill three weeks ago, and on Sunday last deceased died. The mother thought they had the measles, but there had been a rash, &c., and the medical man who was called in after death could not account for the fatality, but he said that the state of the place was such that the want of oxygen would cause asphyxia, and so death, if the child had been debilitated. The house and neighbourhood were described as follows, by witnesses who were manifestly reluctant to be examined : Mary Kenealey, 20, Harris-buildings, said that her house contained but two rooms, one over the other. Witness, her husband, her two children, and her husband's brother, all slept in the top room. They broke a window to let in air. The rent was 3s a week, There were two privies for eight houses, and only one dustbin for 20 houses. The dust was not regularly removed, and it had to be thrown about the place to dry up and harden the ground, there being no sewer, The houses were very damp, as the water and slush remained in the yard until it sank into the earth. There was only one water-tap for 13 houses, and the water was laid on some • times for only 10 minutes, and never more than a half hour in the 24. There were no water-butts, and the water had to , be kept in pans and tubs in the houses. Two persons in the court had sheds to keep their water in. The witness said that the deceased was naturally a healthy child, and she never thought it would be snatched away from her so suddenly. Mr. Long was the landlord- Eliza Cooper, 3, Cook's-place, Harris-buillings,said that she was used to the smell in the place, and it was no incon venience to her. When the water was kept in the house for a day it became bad, and had to be thrown out. The walls of the houses were crumbling. The slush used to flow into witness's house, and she got a severe illness from it. When the people constructing the new railway came they set that right as they had to construct a sewer. The in spector of nuisances never came. Once " two railwp , gen tlemen" put their heads over the paling and asked how were the closets, and on being told they were very bad, the gen tlemen had them trapped. Tho one dustbin of the neigh bourhood was right opposite witness's door, and the dust used to be blown in about the house. It was an agent who collected the rents. Mr. F. G. Gant, F.R.C.S., pathological anatomist to the Royal Free Hospital, said that by direction of the coroner he made a post mortem examination of the body of the de ceased. The deceased was a well-nourished child. The congested state of the lungs and veins proved that the child died from asphyxia, resulting from a failure of the supply of arterial blood from the heart. Having arrived at that conclusion, he proceeded to inspect the premises. He found the place undrained and unpaved. The woman told him she was so anxious to get the yard paved that she had begun to collect paving stones. She got one somewhere on each Sunday, ands beginning had already been made. There was green stuff and water lying about in the yard. One watercloset had to serve for several houses. The smell that would arise from the yard would be most prejudicial to health. The supply of water was deficient. He should certainly suggest that a drain should be made to carry off the stagnant water from the yard. It was quite possible that the deceased's suffication in this case may have arisen from the result of measles. Mr. Ellison, surgeon, concurred with Mr. Gant'a state ment. The Coroner said that he had received a letter from Mr. Long, the landlord, stating that he would be most anxious to carry out any improvements that might be necessary, and the necessity of which had escaped his observation. The Jury returned a verdict—" That deceased died from asphyxia from natural causes," and the jury requested that the coroner would call the attention of the landlord of Harris-buildings to the danger to the public health arising from the state of the premises, and the want of a proper _ . supply of water, of a proper number of privies, and the unpaved state of the yard, The Coroner said he should act upon that recommen. dation. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TMIES.—A glance at the map of Europe is suffi cient to show that there are several reasons which, in various degrees, singly or iu combination, have constituted its several divisions as they now stand. The geographical reason prevails in large islands and peninsulas, in regions backed by mountain ranges, frozen deserts, or inhospitable seas. The national reason, or the influence of race, tells most when the cognate branches of some one human family have been closely packed, and other circum stances have favoured their assimilation and fusion. The political reason takes its origin from history— from the achievements of conquerors and great statesmen, or from a course of policy favourable to alliances and compacts for mutual advantage, leading to closer and more permanent union. If we review the States of Europe under these three divisions, it will be observed that the most enterprising, ambitious, and revolutionary are those which either possess the concentrated strength of a great race, or the perfect security of a good geographical position, or both these advantages. The most conservative are those which have grown out of policy, and must depend upon it. It may be a bold word to say, so we say it in all humility— nothing but a folly approachig to madness can pre vent France, England, and Russia from being very great Powers. This cannot be said of any one of the States that lie between them. The more we admire the genius and the audacity which made Prussia in the last century, the more we must admit that her existence - depends every day on ,he soldier and the statesman. The more we ad- mire the astuteness, the good fortune, the patience and fortitude, and all the good and evil qualities which have packed the Austrian empire, and have held it together, the more must we see that so motley a population, and so federal a Go vernment will only hold together so long as its policy is modest and wise. When Metternich called " Italy" a geographical expression, he spoke like a clever craftsman doing honour to his own craft ; but he must have inwardly lamented that the Aus trian Empire had neither a geographical origin nor the bond of race; nothing, in fact, but the policy of which he was a master. How fine that cunning thread, and how easily broken, he well knew when he foretold the " deluge" that should come even earlier than he exp9cted. As he found it, so he left it—a virtual federation, the form of dynastic unity; a bnndle of races, allied with some loyalty, but more sense of mutual benefit. But it is a combina- tion fatal to political enterprise. All that Austria can safely attempt is to keep things together and as they are, to hold its own if possible, to leave its neighbours alone, to maintain a good police on its frontiers, cul tivate tolerable relations with its neighbours, and let the influences of peace do their work in cement ing and mixing her various and scarcely congruous races. Such is the Power which, urged by sudden impulse, has raced across Europe to inflict a deadly wound on another Power, whose only crime was to resemble Austria herself in the composition of ner people and her designs for their amalgamation. Denmark, with mach more reason than Austria , and a longer prescription to plead in her favour, has been attempting, perhaps not with equal clever ness, but with more than equal candour, to reduce into an actual administrative unity provinces which have been held together now, without interruption, for several generations. There is not a fault to be found with the Danish policy that does not lie against the Austrians, in the dealings of the house of Hapsburg with its discordant multitude of . sub jects. The difference in favour of Austria is one of might, not right, for she conspires and co-operates, after a fashion, with forty million Germans , akin to the malcontents with whom Christian IX. has to deal, hostile to those under Francis Joseph. But as Austria lives and breathes by policy, by policy she must stand or fall. As she does to Den mark, so must she expect to be done by. What ever she says to Denmark must be read in Vene tia, in Huneary, in Transylvania, and Galicia. When she declares war upon Denmark she declares war also in behalf of all those alien dependencies against her self. W hen she says this is her time, she proclaim s with trumpet voice that this is their time also to assert their national independence. So Austria finds, in fact ; for scarcely has she completed her occupa tion of Schleswig before she has to deal with the more terrible occupation of one of her own provinces by the original race itself, fighting with the best means and the best weapons at its command. Eng lishmen can speak their thoughts with a good con science at such a time. We, too, have had to deal with divers races, but we have done all that was possible to make them one, and, on the whole, we have succeeded. Our only interest in the approach ing conflict is th a t p o pul a tions held under an alien Crown shall e ith er b e m ade to feel that their true interest, their improvement, and their !elf-re.ence. spect enet lie that way, or s h a ll ac hieve their indeT But France h as no t that purely philanehr o p c i interest in the quest ion,nor even has Russia. France, with her commanding geographical position, has a singularly h omogeneous people. Her varieties of race sink into insignificance compared with her oneness. Indeed, the policy of all her great states men in has been dir e cted for centuries to the aboli tion of everything that could stand the way of unity. The nobility, religion, language—every thing liable to assume a local and independent ohs racter„has been beaten or smoothed down into the ideal Frenchman. The result is a power unknown to any other forty millions of men, But France has her grievance, the abstract justice of which cannot be denied. She sees beyond the f rontier imposed by European jealousy, but within the frontier that Nature herself seemed to ordain, a large population more French than German, and disposed to union with her. This is her interest in the gathering strife ; and at the present time the only object of ambition placed within her reach. If Germany, whether in the Diet or in a less regular way, by the hands of her two most powerful States, lays down the law and carries out the prin ciple that no Germans shall be allowed to remain under an alien Crewnithe Rhenish provinces fall by natural gravitation into the lap of France. England has already laid down the self-denying ordinance that she will not interfere again to arrange the map of Europe, unless she be required either by treaty or a necessary regard to her own interest. Whether we should indeed look on quietly must be left to the circumstances of the time and season, but such is our present attitude. France, then, is the State principally interested in the success of this mon strous aggression. But what " nationality" will fail to hear the call, and hesitate to obey it, even if it has waited for that time ? There is not a State between the Mediterranean and the Baltic that is not either encouraged or menaced by this movement, and told that now, if ever, is the time 10 get its own again, oe keep and acquire what it can. POST.—The despatches which relate to the special mission of Lord Wodehouse to the Danish Court are those which in that mass of correspondence known a s the Danish papers will be read with the greatest interest. The Dano-German dispute underwent so total a change on the death of Frederick VII. that, except as a matter of historic interest, the negotia tions to which the Schleswig-Holstein question had previously given rise possess but little intrinsic value. On the accession of Christian IX., however, the right of succession to the Duchies became for the first time agitated, and almost simultaneously the promulgation of a common constitution for Schles wig and the Kingdom Proper gave to the German Powers a fresh pretext for pursuing towards Den mark that aggressive policy on which they had long resolved. The mission ofLord Wodehouse, accredited as that nobleman was to the Court of Copenhagen, with the object of congratulating the new Sovereign on his accession to the throne, consequently marks the opening of a new phase of the Dano-German question, and the fact that the English Govern ment took advantage of his visit to Denmark to unfold their views of the policy which, to their minds, it was incumbent on the Danish Cabinet to pursue, tendersit equally the starting-point of those negociations which have hitherto produced such un profitable results. In the last instalment of the Danish correspondence presented to Parliament are contained the special instructions given by the Go vernment to Lord Wodehouse on his departure from England, together with the substance of the com munications which passed between our Envoy and the Prussian Prime "Minister when the former was at Berlin. This blue book also contains a very re markable despatch of the Engli s h F ore i gn Secre tary on the subject of the common Constitution ; but as the correspondence do es no t ex t en d b e y on d the middle of December, the time of Lord Wode house's arrival at Copenhagen, no information is afforded respecting his communications with the Danish Government or of the result of his mission. l'he documents before us, however, furnish ample matter for comment. So far as we can gather from the letter of instructions ad dressed by Earl Russell to Lord Wode house, the latter was authorised to exerc i se the quasi-judicial function of he ar i ng t h e com plaints of the aggrieved parties, an d then to tran mit them to the English Foreign-office, there to be duly . sifted by her Majesty's S ecretary o f S tate. " It Is not my purpose," writes E ar l R UBS( 11 on th e 9th of Dacember, " either to point out how these engsgements (the diplomatic . engagements entered into by Denmark . with Austria and Prussia in 1851) have been violated. It will be for the Ministers of Austria . and Prussia to make their complaints on this head." The Ambassador is further instructed to communicate with the Ministers of France, Russia,. and Sweden at the Danish Court, and, if possible, to induce them to make joint representa tion' the Danish Gov ernment, th e ma i n o bj ect to be kept in view being the fulfilment of the 'Treaty of 1852, as well as of th e eng agement s res p ec ti ve l y entered int o by Denmark, Austria, and Prussia in that the preceding year. Frona this patch,d . es it would seem that, in she Wodehouse was simply directa'a to sound Ote t ti o e:- fittitUd6 • rA man Powers, and that the definite' len first instance, assumed by him towards the Danish was left to be determined by subseque: k v Lord eventsotGov.erno_ In pursuance of his instructions, .Lor «0. house went, in the first place, to Berlin, and 1,54. had an interview with M. von Bismark. The snla stance of the conversation which passed betweela them is contained in a despatch from Lord Wode-- . house to Earl Russell, dated D ecember 12, and . important as manifesting without a n y affectation of concealment the true grounds of the hostility of the leading Powers of Germany to Denmark.. It was not, as was generally supposed, to rescue e ither the Schleswigers or the Holsteiners from a deiapotism which was intolerable to them that Austria and Prussia were about to take up arms against Dt. , mark. The object of the German P owers was fa r different. " The fact was," said M. von Bismark, " that Germany would never be on good terms with D n mark so long as the present democratic institutions of Denmark were maintain e d." the the It was not, we are left to suppose, common Constitution of NoveinCer tended to bec incorporate Schleswig with the Kieigdom Proper that it gave umbrage to Austria 3.qd Prussita prin but because it tended to disseminate the ciples of constitutional liberty , and af. , :t sll?St SUCht dissemination Austria and Prussia felt at to be , their dut to protest. " Let the King of Den t:nark,, said M. Von Bismark, "dismiss his Ministeis . ; a coup deka would be the best solution of the dip .- culty." Such was the lenguage of the Prussian Minister t o ou r Envoy, and such the counsel whie t he desired to he transmitted to a constitutional king within a month after his accession to the throne. As, however, the German Powers ee atld not decently proclaim to the world that their m object in attacking De nmar k wa s to crush free ;a,stitutoasa i the stalking-horse of Schleswig-Holsteint .9m was once more turned to account, and the a anglsh Minister was informed that the D Amish Goa 'ern ment would be required to suspend the COMM on Constitution before the let of January, which veu 4 known to be impossible, and to fulfil their engage ments of 1851 in such a manner that the existing• connection between the Kingdom Proper of Den mark and Schleswig should be finally severed. In communicating what passed at this interview, Lord W . odelicuse fulfilled the first portion of his mis sion. The English Government were then made perfectly acquainted with the specific nature of German grievances and German demands, The next despatch in the series to which it is necessary to refer was addressed by Earl Russell to Lord Wodehouse on the 17th of December, and conse quently subsequent to the receipt of Lord Wade house's despatches of the 12th. By this time, just eight days after the date of the letter of instructions above referred to, the Foreign Secretary had evi dently made up his mind on the merits of the chief question iu dispute between Germany and Denmark. The Ministers of Austria and Prussia had made their complaints, and Ear' Russell was now in a position to affirm that Denmark bad violated her engagements. In the despatch of 17th December the Foreign Secretary. unhesitatingly declares thnt the Constitution of November virtually effected an incorporation of Schleswig with Den mark, and, being consequently a violation of the engagements entered into by the Danish Crown, ought forthwith to be repealed. " How this is to be done," the despatch concludes, " it belongs to the King of Denmark, his Ministers, and his Parlia ment to decide. It is the wish of her Majesty's Go vernment that it should be done in the manner most suitable to the dignity and character of Den ' mark as a free and independent State." As this brings us to the point where the Special Envoy received definite instructions respecting the lana gunge he was to hold to the Danish Cabinet, and as the correspondence already published carries us no further than the date of his arrival at Copenhagen, we will for the present abstain from offering any comment on those instructions. We now know that the English Government did press upon the Danish Cabinet the necessity of revoking the corn mon Constitution ; but how the latter received those councils we have yet to learn. COUNTRY MARKETS. --......,j,-. LEEDS-TUESDAY. Having only a thin attendance of millers, and a limited demand for wheat, the trade must be called nominally the same as last Tuesday. Very little business was done in barley, which brought late rates. Oats and beans rather cheaper. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. There was a small attendance both of town dealers and country millers at market to-day. Wheat met with a retail trade, at id to 2d per qr under late rates. Flour difficult to move, although offend at a decline of 6d per barrel and is per sack. Oats and oatmeal were 'easier at late quotations. Barley, beans, and peas met a dull sale, and it anything cheaper. Very little business in Indian corn—American mixed, 28s 9d. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. There was a small show of grain to-day. and last Tues day's rates were supported, but the trade was limited. . The attendance was thin. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 15s Od to 18s Od , White ) I lBs Od to 20s Od New red , lss 63 to 16s 6(1 New white ~ )9 l7s Od to 18s Od Beans 17 71 ids Gd to 17s 01 Peas, per qr 40s Od to 44s Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ 32s Od to 35s Od Oats l9s Od to 24s oa Floui:, is 4d to la 8d per 14 lb. MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 455; red, 38s to 42s per 36 stone• Malting barley at 33s to 37s per qr.;; grinding, 295,t0 321 per 30 st. Oats, old, 276 to 30s; Row,, 20s to 24s per 30 st. ; beans, 338 to 40s per qr. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. A fair supply of whe.at to-day, and the trade not bris) Prices not materially alte.Ted. s. d. s. d. I e. d. S. cl,!, Wheat, white.. 24 0 to 26 6i Oatmeal Do., red .. 21 6 to 24 01 Beans.. - n u Do., new .... 0 to 0 Bere .. — 0 to --- ` l , l Barley - ~" Oats Do., black — 0 to - - 0 Indian corn .... 27 0 to 2 5 o Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. , -` 7 °' via Marseilies Mar. 14' Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6- Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 30. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Soutlnunpton.Mar. 3 ; via Marseilles Mar. 0` Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 3. via Marseilles Mar. 14. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Mar. 7; Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton m ,...Mar. 3 . via Marseilles Newfoundland , „Mar. 2. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet .... Mar. 7, ' by U.S. , packet by Canadian packet Mar. 4 ' W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 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ELLISON.—On the 28th ult., at Bouttham Hall, near Li coin, the wife of Major Richard George Ellison, of daughter. ROBECK.—On the 28th ult., at Gowran Grange, Naas, the Baroness de Robeck, of a son. TATE.—On the 27th u:t , at The Woodlands, Islewortl3l Mrs. It. C. Tate, of a son.i Marriages. SCHLOTEL—COLLING.—On the Ist inst., at St. Matthet Oakley-square, Charles Arthur Schlotel, Esq., of LaL„ ," turace, Wandsworth, to Emily, eldest daughter of "" K. Coiling, Esq., Hampstead-road. WILSON—WiLmoT.—On the 27th inst., at St. Martiall in-the-Fields, Clifford, son of Mr. Charles Wilsont,°o Richmond, Surrey, to Sophia, second daughter of late Mr. John Wilmot, of Isleworth. Deaths. ARKWRIGHT.—On the 29th ult., the Rev. J. Arkwrightf of Mark Hall, Essex. • AssLiN,—On the 29th ult., at Mulgrave-place, Woolscllie Thomas Asslin, Esq,, aged 69. :04 BARWICK.—On the 27th ult., at Derby, William Barg. • Esq.. aged 68. T ,aOO nit., BARKER.—On the 29that Brompton, Mrs. 03- Barker, aged 50. LECHMERE.—On the Ist inst., at 8, Queen-street, Diayfata Reginald Hungerford, infant son of Sir Edmund '- Lady Lecbmere ROBERTS. On the Ist inst., at 7, Burlington-road, S 4 t 9, Stephen's-square, W., Sir Thomas Howland Robe, Bart., aged 60. London: Prin Zed and Prblished by WILLIAM AND l t l6 ,;f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Ilia SUN Office :N =l :., of Strand, in the Precinct of the lavoy. in the Gouty } Milelleisex,—Wednesday, March 2, 1864.